Woolsthorpe (St. James)
WOOLSTHORPE (St. James), a parish, in the union of Grantham, wapentake of Loveden, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 6¼ miles (W. by S.) from Grantham; containing 674 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1920 acres, of which 845 are arable, 915 meadow and pasture, and 150 woodland; the soil is generally clay, alternated with red loam. The small river Devon, and the Nottingham and Grantham canal, pass through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12. 2. 8½.; net income, £191; patron, the Duke of Rutland. A new parish church, in the style of the 14th century, was consecrated in March 1847.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.